2 killed when massive tree crushes San Diego house

  • Source: KEYT-TV ABC 3 Santa Barbara
  • Published: 01/21/2019 10:53 AM

Two people died when a massive tree collapsed onto a house in Point Loma Monday morning, authorities said. The tree crushed a two-story house in the 4400 block of Santa Monica Avenue around 6 a.m. San Diego Fire-Rescue Department officials said a man and woman on the second story of the house died. A third person on the first story was rescued by firefighters. He was not hurt. “It was horrendous. I’ve never heard anything like it. It was crashing and people yelling,” a neighbor told FOX 5. “The tree has been here as long as I’ve moved here 50 years ago. It’s been pruned and re-pruned. It was an accident waiting to happen.” Several power lines in the area were down due to the fallen tree. San Diego Gas & Electric crews were at the property working on them.



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